Lez Hang Out | A Lesbian Podcast

Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) are joined by special guests Chris and Trent, the co-hosts of Masc4Masc to talk about why Toy Story Should've Been Gay. Chris and Leigh get deep about Andy's room as a metaphorical closet and Buzz and Woody's journeys outside of the closet to finding love with each other. We talk about how the Aliens are obviously gay men raging at the gay club vending...

Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) dive into Willow and Tara from Buffy the Vampire Slayer for this Lez-ssentials episode, a recurring segment on the essential movies and TV shows in the lesbian canon. We are also joined by special guest Amber Benson who plays Tara on Buffy to talk LGBTQ rep in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the importance of Willow and Tara's relationship. Willow and Tara...

Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) talk about why Sierra Burgess Is A Loser Should've Been Gay. We talk about the hate to love story between Sierra and Veronica, how falling in love with someone via text is inherently queer and all of the gay staring that occurs between Sierra and Veronica throughout the film. From the first time Sierra confidently tells Veronica she'll meet her for tuto...

Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) are joined by Nyesha and Samantha Davis-Williams, (@twomommiesandababy) to talk about starting a family as queer women. We talk about the unique challenges of conceiving as two queer women, deciding if you want to get a known or unknown donor or if you want to consider adoption and all of the things that they wish they knew before they went on their jou...

Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) talk about why Coyote Ugly Should've Been Gay. We talk about how Coyote Ugly is clearly a lesbian bar, Lil's small town dreams of opening up the best lesbian bar in New York City and how every man in this movie is another commercial for the lesbian tourism board. We talk about baby gay Violet and her fascination with every single Coyote, especially Camm...

Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) are joined by Kimya Monteiro to talk about the Wicked Queer Film Festival in Boston. We talk more specifically about their Queer Muslim programming and QPOC programs and why it is so important to have an entirely queer film festival and to create programming for different intersectional identities under the LGBTQ umbrella. Follow along on Twitter: Lez H...

Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) are joined by special guest Keah Brown to talk about why Cadet Kelly Should've Been Gay. Keah Brown is a journalist and author of “The Pretty One: on Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and other reasons to fall in love with me. We talk about the love story between Carla and Kelly #justiceforcarla, Kelly's rainbow blanket as a metaphor for gayness and Captai...

Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) talk about whether or not you can be friends with your exes. We talk about why you might want to be friends with an ex, what to do when you're in the same friend group as your ex, what types of break ups make it easier to stay friends with your ex and how to set boundaries with your ex if you do have to give yourself space away from them. Follow along o...

Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) talk about why Hustlers Should've Been Gay. Inspired by the viral New York Magazine article, Hustlers follows a crew of savvy former strip club employees who band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients. Our gay synopsis is as follows: young lesbian Destiny works out her Mommy issues with the more mature Ramona, the love of her life and...

Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) dive into Booksmart for this Lez-ssentials episode, a recurring segment on the essential movies and TV shows in the lesbian canon. Booksmart is a 2019 American coming-of-age comedy film directed by Olivia Wilde (in her feature directorial debut) and starring Beanie Feldstein (Molly) and Kaitlyn Dever (Amy). We talk about Korean face masks, first times a...

Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out with Amber Whittington (@amberscloset) and Dr. Lakara Foster (@lakarawiththegift) live at the Weekend Soiree (@theweekendsoiree), an annual 4-day weekend retreat celebrating and empowering dope, Queer Womxn! We talk to Amber about living authentically in the public eye and how she started her popular Youtube channel Amber's Closet. We chat with...

Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out with John Arrow (@jarrow272), founder of TGIF/F (@tgifemslash) and FaberryCon to chat about all things Faberry. We bring in a real expert to talk about the chemistry between Rachel Berry and Quinn Fabray from Glee, the 'enemies to best friends' trope, the pornographic bathroom drawings, the Quintanna hookup, and so much more! Follow along on Tw...

Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out with the team from Season of Love, the queer Holiday Rom Com we've all been waiting for! Director Christin Baker (@christintello), Producer Danielle Jablonski (@clexacon) and actor Emily Goss (@emilygoss650) join us to chat about holiday traditions, our favorite holiday movies, why it was so important to Emily that her character Iris be openly...

Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) are joined by Amanda Holland(@awkwardholland), the creator of GirlshipTV(@girlshiptv) talk about why Frozen Should've Been Gay. Why does Disney refuse to give Elsa a girlfriend? From dissecting the lyrics of Let It Go, the gayest Disney song of all time, Ellie’s Elsa pajamas, Amanda’s dreams of making out with an Elsa on Halloween and the age old questi...

Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out with Danny Prikazsky (@dannyprikaz), one of the cast members from Are You the One Come One Come All. We chat about his experience in the house, what it's like to date in a house full of other sexually fluid people and what hook ups didn't make it to our screens. Danny gave us advice on how to be open and honest in relationships, why it can be h...

Good morning lezzies! Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) talk about why Charlie's Angels Should've Been Gay. Are the Angels in a poly triad? Will they go there with Kristen Stewart in the reboot? Which Angel is the gayest of them all? We dissect why Ellie loved this film so much as a little gay child, why we ship the hell out of Vivian and Natalie and how we can never listen to the song...

Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out with Valerie Rose Lohman (@ValerieRoseLohman), BAFTA Nominated Film, TV and VO Actress who is a rising star in the voiceover world; she is best known for playing Edith Finch in "What Remains of Edith Finch" and most recently Jess Blazkowicz in "Wolfenstein: Youngblood". We chat about how she got into voice acting for video games, how her girlfr...

Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) talk about why everyone's favorite Halloween classic Hocus Pocus Should've Been Gay. Did Allison have a bit of a 'softball swing' with that broom? Is the Black Flame Candle just a stand-in for the patriarchy? We need answers to these important questions! Listen to their plans for a queer reboot of the movie where all of the Sanderson Sisters are actuall...

Leigh and Ellie dive into Colette for this Lez-ssentials episode, a recurring segment on the essential movies and TV shows in the lesbian canon. Colette is a 2018 film about Colette (Keira Knightley) who is pushed by her husband to write novels under his name. Upon their success, she fights to make her talents known, challenging gender norms. Also starring Missy, everyone's favorite gender non con...

Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) are joined by Drew Gregory (@draw_gregory) to talk about why Barbarella, the cult classic starring Jane Fonda, Should've Been Gay. Oh Mathmos have we got an episode for you! From the intense sexual tension between Barbarella and the Black Queen, their cut sex scene (don't worry we will have pictures for you!), the fact that this whole movie is about sex...

Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out with Lauren Flans(@Lauren Flans), co-host of Coming Out Pod and one of the stars of Butch Pal for The Straight Gal. We chat about how queer women can help straight women with their self confidence on Butch Pal for the Straight Gal, Lauren's girl on girl kiss on Wild and Out, her Ellen Degeneres vs. Oprah rap battle and why Lauren identifies as...

Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) are joined by Julia Lindon (@julialindon) to talk about why Now and Then Should've Been Gay. Rosie O'Donnell and Christina Ricci as aged and young Roberta are too gay to function. Roberta binds, thinks kissing boys is "okay" and she's in love with her best friend. What could be more gay than that? Demi Moore in a lesbian power suit as aged Samantha, tha...

Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out with Angie K(@angiekeilhauer), a Latin American country singer who has independently released 2 original albums, both of which landed in the top five on iTunes. You might know Angie K from the Voice #teamBlake or her very queer music video for "Leave California" which is inspired by and stars her real life girlfriend. We chat about LGBTQ repres...

Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) talk to serial tech entrepreneur Sydney Lai (@sydneylai) about why Mulan Should've Been Gay. We debate Mulan's gender identity, bisexual icon Li Shang and why Reflection resonates with queer people everywhere. Sydney, the daughter of immigrant parents, talks about how difficult it can be coming out in an immigrant family and how it felt to see herself r...

Welcome back to Lez Hang Out Season 3! Ellie and Leigh dive into the best things that 20Biteen has blessed us with. From the bisexual representation of the past to the representation of now, we talk about how finding positive representation for bisexuality in media isn't linear. We talk bisexual erasure from Willow to Waverly Earp to Karen Walker from Will & Grace. Our favorite bisexual, pansexual...